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EtienneR
Joining in
4 months ago

Burying cable advice

Hi all,

My virgin cable is currently not buried and just laid on the surface of my front garden. The cable is also ~2m too long so looping against the brown box. To fix this, I have booked an engineer to shorten and bury it. I couldn't get much clarification on the phone about exactly what is the engineer going to do and what is supplied? I want the cable protected in a conduit so do I need to purchase this myself and if so which one is recommended?

Thanks

Etienne

Buried
Conduit

2 Replies

  • jpeg1's avatar
    jpeg1
    Alessandro Volta
    4 months ago

    The technician will assess the job when they get there.  VM staff don't do digging, so if that is required they will arrange for a contractor to come and do it. 

  • Adduxi's avatar
    Adduxi
    Very Insightful Person
    4 months ago

    My VM cable was "buried" (by a VM tech) about 75mm under the grass sods using a spade to split the grass and the cable dropped into the gap.  It's been there for years and still working, no conduit at all.